A group photograph of Chairman Allama Iqbal Council Islamabad, former IG Police Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema with participants of a seminar on “Iqbal ka Pegham, Hum Sub Ke Naam”
Chairman Allama Iqbal Council Islamabad, former IG Police Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema is addressing a seminar “Iqbal ka Pegham, Hum Sub Ke Naam
Govt making efforts to resolve issues of telecom industry: Amin
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP): Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque on Thursday said the government was making all possible efforts to resolve the issues of the telecom industry as the economic stability of the country was linked to uplift of it.
“We are well aware of the departmental issues confronted by the country’s telecom industry, and struggling to settle these issues to stabilize investment in the IT and telecom sector,” he said this while talking to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jazz Aamir Ibrahim, CEO Telenor Irfan Wahab Khan and Hatem Bamatraf of Ufone.
Heads of the telecom companies apprised the Federal Minister for IT about different issues of the telecom industry. They also offered thanks to IT Minister Syed Amin Ul Haque for his strong cooperation with the telecom industry.
He said the government was determined to remove all bottlenecks at the departmental level in order to promote investment in IT and telecom sector of Pakistan. He noted that the improvement in connectivity was linked to telecom industry.
Additional Secretary (Incharge) Ministry of IT & Telecom Mohsin Mushtaq and senior officers of the Ministry were also present in the meeting.
Central Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Muhammad Talal Chaudhary addresses a press conference
A beautiful view of sunset over the skies of Federal Capital.
Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Dr. Musadik Malik addressing a press conference at PID Media Center
Sharjeel for starting procurement of Yellow Line buses
KARACHI, Nov 17 (APP):Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Thursday, directed to start the process for procurement of buses for BRT Yellow Line project.
The provincial minister while presiding over a meeting on BRT Yellow Line project said that all the formalities of BRT Yellow Line project should be completed at the earliest to start work on the project.
“It is an important project of Karachi being carried out in collaboration with the World Bank and the provincial government wanted to expand scope of the project and add more buses”, he said and added that comprehensive working on various options of Yellow Line should be completed so that it could be tabled in the next meeting with the World Bank.
He said that feeder service of Yellow Line from FTC to Baloch Colony and from FTC to Metropole should also be included in the proposal.
Sharjeel said that after the creation of Pakistan, the first major public transport project in the form of KTC was launched in Karachi in 1977 during the tenure of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and “now the incumbent PPP Sindh government is going to start public sector transport projects like People’s Bus Service, BRT’s Orange, Red and Yellow lines, and electric buses in the metropolis to provide better transport facilities to citizens.
On special instructions of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, steps were being taken to develop the public transport sector on modern lines in major cities of Sindh, he said and added that by end November the first route of the People’s Bus Service would be launched in Hyderabad and buses would run on the route from Hyder Chowk to Hattri Police Station.
Secretary Transport Abdul Halim Sheikh, MD Sindh Mass Transit Authority Captain (Retd.) Altaf Hussain Sario and Project Director Yellow Line Amir Fazal attended the meeting in which various suggestions were discussed in detail to further improve the Yellow Line project.
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Syed Amin Ul Haque chairing a meeting to discuss issues of telecom industry
PAF aircraft’s cynosure attracts visitors at IDEAS 2022
ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 (APP): The 11th edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar, IDEAS 2022 was in full swing, at Karachi Expo Center whereas the 3rd day of the event was marked with special interest of visitors in the static displays of ‘Pride of Pakistan’ JF-17 Thunder and Super Muhshak Trainer Aircraft.
A keen interest was shown by the foreign delegates and the military officials in the aircraft displayed at PAF’s pavilion in the event. Whereas, the onlookers, delegates and foreign dignitaries were thoroughly briefed about the technical specifications of the aircraft, with a complete overview of their countless adjectives. The most modern aircraft at the display gathered appreciation for their cutting edge design and innovative technical features, a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) news release here received said.
The National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (NASTP), being a project of National significance, remained the most appreciated and admired project at the event. The NASTP project as per CAS vision and his own initiative has materialized in record time. PAF personnel briefed the visitors about the NASTP project its core elements, sub-projects and possible future prospects.
The concept videos of various NASTP programs were shown to sketch the overall working of different wings established under the project. With the complete support of the government and under the patronage of the Pakistan Air Force, NASTP had been envisioned to set up a state-of-the-art Special Technology Zone (STZ), housing, high-tech aerospace technologies; design centres; public, private, national and international Aviation Industry; MRO facilities for commercial and military aircraft, aviation logistics, expo centres and advanced vocational training institutes. The broad contours of the project were admired by both national and international audience at the exhibition.
The mega event will pave the way for future defence collaborations with friendly countries, specifically in projects like NASTP and would provide a perfect eco-system of essential elements required to nurture design, research, development and innovation in aviation, space and cyber domains. The exhibition will also attract potential buyers and developers in the international defence market for indigenously developed products.
A vendor is selling fish on the road side as the demand of fish increase in winter season in the city
